Obande launches Encyclopedia of Life’s Realities

Obande Godwin Agbese, younger brother to the co-founder of the defunct Newswatch magazine, Chief Dan Agbese, joined the league of authors when he launched his book, Encyclopedia of Life’s Realities. The launch was attended by eminent personalities from all walks of life, including the former Editor- in-Chief of the defunct magazine, Chief Dan Agbese.

Obande said the idea of the book came from “Olubunmi Okunlola, my Facebook friend who reads my writings called ”A Reflection Of An Unconventional Mind.” She kept on pestering me to write a book. This book is therefore dedicated to her.”

The book according to the author “is not a novel, neither is it a motivational or a religious book. It contains all elements of them including a good douse of humor. It is simply an Encyclopedia of Life’s Realities. It is in a class of its own. Each of its page presents us with something to think about. This literary work attempts to answer a lot of nagging unanswered questions.

“Chief Dan Agbese asked me how long it took me to write the book. It took me 3 years. I once wrote about 200 pages and lost it. Unperturbed, I started all over again, this time using my laptop. I lost the flash drive with all its content. Then I started again.”

He reiterated that 10 per cent of monies realized from the sale of the book will go to charity. “We must all rise up to the occasion to end the tag of Nigeria being the poverty capital of the world. We know that our government will not end it. But we can do something about it, no matter how small. This book launch offers us an opportunity to contribute our widow’s mite towards alleviating the suffering of our less fortunate compatriots,” he said.

The book reviewer, Barrister Sandra Mbanaso, said: “The Encyclopedia of life’s realities: philosophy and psychology of human existence is one of the biggest books that I have ever come across. In its 711 pages, it discusses in brevity the various vagaries militating human dimension. That is why it is an encyclopedia. It is not intended to be carried about and read like a novel. This is the kind of book that we put in our library or on our reading table or at our bedside to be read once in a while.

“This expansive literary work is among the first of its kind in Nigeria. There are very few of this type of book in our world as whole. This is not only because of its sheer audacity but also because of its penetrating delve into pragmatic Realities of human life generally. This book is daring in its expositions and a marvel in its frankness to illuminate the dark secrets of life that will make us wiser.